Windows Protection

Online-pro-scan.com Hijacker Description:

It seems Online-pro-scan.com domain has been created to act on the nerves of unfortunate PC users who happened to catch the trojans serving the promotion campaign of Personal Antivirus (aka PAV) scareware application. Here’s why. Online-pro-scan.com hijacks one’s browser and repeatedly diverts the online activities to its domain without any user approval. In practice, it looks like this: you may be surfing the web and stay on some website are used to visit; then, all of a sudden, you get a popup alert that says signs of malicious programs have been found on your PC. Pushing those deceptive ads will get you to Personal Antivirus homepage or PAV fake online security scanner. If it’s the scanner you get diverted to, it will claim to be running through your folders and hard drives seeking for infections. Just like the promoted malware (Personal Antivirus), Online-pro-scan.com scanner is not legitimate and has no technical background to base upon. Therefore, Online-pro-scan.com scan results are not to be trusted; otherwise you will end up installing Personal Antivirus scamware which will force you to pay a pretty penny as the registration fee. Please, review the guide below to remove Online-pro-scan.com hijacker problem.

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Online-pro-scan.com website screenshot:

Online-pro-scan.com Fake Scanner screenshot:

How to remove Online-pro-scan.com hijacker manually:

To perform manual removal of Online-pro-scan.com hijacker, you should do the following:

Delete Online-pro-scan.com related corrupt files:

• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Personal Antivirus.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus Home Page.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Purchase License.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Personal Antivirus.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\settings.ini
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\uill.ini
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\config.cfg
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Timeout.inf
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Urls.inf
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\activate.ico
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Explorer.ico
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\unins000.dat
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\uninstall.ico
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\working.log
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\DBInfo.ver
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080614.db
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080618x.db
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAEs.lng
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAFr.lng
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAGer.lng
• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAIt.lng
• %WINDOWS%\system32\log.txt
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe

Remove Online-pro-scan.com associated registry entries:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Antivirus_is1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINE
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PrS”
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Personal Antivirus”

Please, note that manual removal of Online-pro-scan.com hijacker is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic Online-pro-scan.com hijacker removal tool below:

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